1、Sustainability report 2024AmbitionsContents03 Foreword by the board of management 06 Strategy and management07 Bosch Group profile09 Sustainability management15 Sustainability strategy23 Environment 27 Climate action42 Circular economy48 Water51 Other environmental impacts55 Social 56 Bosch as an em

2、ployer72 Complying with due diligence obligations relating to human rights and the environment82 Responsibility to customers85 Governance 86 Compliance93 Political lobbying99 Annex 100 List of graphics and tables102 GRI content index111 Independent auditors assurance report114 About this report115 P

3、ublication detailsSustainability report 2024EnvironmentGovernanceSocialAnnex02Strategy and managementForewordDear readers,In a time marked by numerous crises and fundamental challenges,one thing must not take a back seat:our efforts to protect the climate and environment.This is why Bosch remains re

4、solutely committed to greater sustainability.2024 was the warmest year since records began.For the first time ever,the average global temperature was more than 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial average.Climate change is already leading to a loss of habitats.This trend must be stoppe

5、d.With its more than 450 locations worldwide,in 2020 Bosch was one of the first global industrial companies to achieve carbon neutrality(scope 1&2).1 Compared to 2018,the baseline year for our calculations,we save more than 2.7 million metric tons of CO per year and offset the remaining 0.5 million

6、metric tons.But is that enough?1 For terms and details see the Environment|Climate action section.StefAn GROSCh DR.StefAn hARtunG Sustainability report 2024EnvironmentGovernanceSocialAnnex03Strategy and managementIn 2018,indirect CO emissions from upstream and downstream value chains such as transpo